Because, honestly, what else is there?
Let’s Be Alone Together in Lost in Translation Two very different lives collide in this dreamy reflection of disconnection and disorientation. Set in the overwhelming intensity of Tokyo, and in the dingy, claustrophobic hotel within the city, Bob and Charlotte strike up an unlikely friendship.
“New Best Friends” Strives for Connection And Intermittently Succeeds Another week, another slog through a dystopian apocalypse only marginally more disconcerting than the one we’re slowly ambling towards in the real world. God, whatever happened to escapism? This week’s episode, “New Best Friends”, is regrettably not the My Little Pony/The Walking Dead fanfic mash-up that I submitted …
LOL Can Mean One Thing or the Other in This French Gem Let’s make this immediately clear that this is the French, 2008 version, and not the American remake. Not that I’ve even seen the American one (who knows, it could be better than what all those vehement critics are suggesting), but we all know that …
Mid-Season Premier “Rock in the Road” (alternative title: “Stick in the Mud”) is Very Much What You’d Expect “Let me stop you before you break into song!”, cuts in Gregory when Tara starts giving a very typical speech for this show, talking about the resilience and strength people can exhibit when their backs are …
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Disappointments in a Raw, Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Modelling Industry We see the images, we see the clothes, and of course we see the models. Oh yes, those models who just seem to embody perfection. But what we never see? The untold story behind the image: what happened that …
Lock Up Your Daughters And Wives (All Of Them…) In Prophet’s Prey The most affecting stories are often the ones that are true. It’s rare that you’re summoned into a highly secretive cult and in this case, thank the Lord, it’s only through J. Berg’s documentary Prophet’s Prey. The movie is a riveting exposé on …
Which of this Year’s Deserving, Devastating Drama Films Could Walk Away with the Top Honours? The minorest of SPOILERS applies, regarding the basic premise of each film. No major plot details are discussed but, if you don’t want to know anything at all about either Manchester by the Sea or Moonlight before seeing them, go watch ’em …
American Psycho: Do All Psychopathic Murderers Look That Celestial? Given an R Rating for a reason, this film is based on the novel which was famously banned in several countries for its controversial and explicit content. In other countries, like Australia, the book was wrapped in a protective cover. Thankfully, much of the intensely graphic …